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# lintel

noun

«lintel» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

On the first Passover night, the Israelites put lamb's blood on the two side posts and the lintel of their houses.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the blood on the doorposts as a sign of faith and obedience, so that God would pass over those houses. It is remembered at the Passover seder.

### Meaning

The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lintel/#m1)

### Examples

- And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lintel/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lintel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lintel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lintel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lintel.html) on Mova free.